Smarter Oral Care

Inserting a foreign body into our body may bring risk of complications. The same goes for injecting local anesthetic agents or pain numbing solution into the mouth for a dental procedure. Complications in administrating dental anesthesia may occur due to preventable or unpreventable circumstances.

What is local anesthesia?

Local anesthesia has been defined as a loss of sensation in a specific area of the body without inducing a loss of consciousness. Local anesthesia s normally provided through topical application or by needle injection if the dental procedure require so.

What are the complications that can happen in local anesthesia?

Complications in local anesthesia can be categorized into local and systemic complications.

Local complications

Needle breakage

Rare since the use of disposable needles. Smaller (30- and 27-gauge) needles are more likely to break than larger (25-gauge) needles.